RESEARCH ARTICLE
Adherence to Treatment and Factors Affecting Adherence of Epileptic Patients at Yirgalem General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study Temesgen Yohannes Hasiso1, Tigestu Alemu Desse2* 1 School of Pharmacy, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2 Clinical Pharmacy Department, School of Pharmacy, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia * [email protected]
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Abstract Background Non adherence of epileptic patients to antiepileptic medication often leads to an increased risk of seizures and worsening of disease, death and increased health care costs.
OPEN ACCESS Citation: Hasiso TY, Desse TA (2016) Adherence to Treatment and Factors Affecting Adherence of Epileptic Patients at Yirgalem General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0163040. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0163040 Editor: Andrea Romigi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, ITALY Received: February 11, 2016 Accepted: September 1, 2016 Published: September 29, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Hasiso, Desse. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Objective to assess adherence to treatment and factors affecting adherence of epileptic patients at Yirgalem General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.
Methods and Materials We conducted a cross-sectional study on epileptic patients from February 9 to 22, 2015. Data were collected from patients 18 years old. Adherence was measured using the eight-item Morisky’s medication adherence scale. All consecutive patients coming to epilepsy clinic during the study period were interviewed until the calculated sample size (210) was obtained. We collected patient demographics, perception about epilepsy and adherence to medication(s). We used chi-square tests and a binary logistic regression model for statistical analysis. Statistical significance was considered at P
Adherence to Treatment and Factors Affecting Adherence of Epileptic Patients at Yirgalem General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study Temesgen Yohannes Hasiso1, Tigestu Alemu Desse2* 1 School of Pharmacy, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2 Clinical Pharmacy Department, School of Pharmacy, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia * [email protected]
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Abstract Background Non adherence of epileptic patients to antiepileptic medication often leads to an increased risk of seizures and worsening of disease, death and increased health care costs.
OPEN ACCESS Citation: Hasiso TY, Desse TA (2016) Adherence to Treatment and Factors Affecting Adherence of Epileptic Patients at Yirgalem General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0163040. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0163040 Editor: Andrea Romigi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, ITALY Received: February 11, 2016 Accepted: September 1, 2016 Published: September 29, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Hasiso, Desse. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Objective to assess adherence to treatment and factors affecting adherence of epileptic patients at Yirgalem General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.
Methods and Materials We conducted a cross-sectional study on epileptic patients from February 9 to 22, 2015. Data were collected from patients 18 years old. Adherence was measured using the eight-item Morisky’s medication adherence scale. All consecutive patients coming to epilepsy clinic during the study period were interviewed until the calculated sample size (210) was obtained. We collected patient demographics, perception about epilepsy and adherence to medication(s). We used chi-square tests and a binary logistic regression model for statistical analysis. Statistical significance was considered at P
